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Under cover : an illustrated history of American mass-market paperbacks / by Thomas L. Bonn ; foreword by John Tebbel.
LIBRA - Rare Z479 .B63 1982b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bonn, Thomas L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paperbacks--Publishing--United States--History.
- Paperbacks.
- Paperbacks--Publishing--United States--Pictorial works.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--History.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Book industries and trade--United States--History.
- Book industries and trade.
- Penn Provenance:
- Traister, Dan (donor) (Libra Rare copy)
- Physical Description:
- 140 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Unrevised and unpublished proofs
- Other Title:
- UnderCover
- Illustrated history of American mass-market paperbacks
- Place of Publication:
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England : Penguin Books, 1982.
- New York : Penguin Books
- Summary:
- A short history of the American paperback. Nice history of paperbacks from its early beginnings up to the mid 1970s. Includes chapters on collecting.
- Contents:
- I. A brief history
- 1. European origins, American roots
- 2. Pocket books
- 3. Early childhood of an industry
- 4. Challenges for an industry
- 5. Maturity of an industry
- 6. Leading publishers
- II. Cover art and design
- 7. The art director
- 8. The cover artist
- 9. The point of sale
- 10. Evolution
- 11. Genre and other designs
- III. Collecting
- Approaches to collecting
- Cover art collecting
- Other collectible features
- Care and condition
- Future collectible paperbacks
- Further Reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Unrevised and unpublished proofs--cover.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy Z479 .B63 1982b was presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Dan Traister. Has letter from publisher laid in.
- OCLC:
- 1547123249
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